2018 Malaysia Masters (badminton)


The 2018 Malaysia Masters, officially the Perodua Malaysia Masters 2018, was a badminton tournament which took place at Axiata Arena in Malaysia from 16 to 21 January 2018 and had a total purse of $350,000.

Tournament

The 2018 Malaysia Masters was the second tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the Malaysia Masters championships which had been held since 2009. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Association of Malaysia with the sanction from the BWF. It was also the first ever new Super 500 Level 4 tournament of the BWF World Tour schedule.

Venue

This international tournament was held at Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Point distribution

Below is a table with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 500 event.
WinnerRunner-up3/45/89/1617/3233/6465/128129/256257/512513/1024
9,2007,8006,4205,0403,6002,2208804301708040

Prize money

The total prize money for this tournament was US$350,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.
EventWinnerFinalsSemifinalsQuarterfinalsLast 16
Singles$26,250$13,300$5,075$2,100$1,225
Doubles$27,650$13,300$4,900$2,537.50$1,312.50

Men's singles

Seeds

  1. Viktor Axelsen
  2. Lee Chong Wei '
  3. Chen Long '
  4. Son Wan-ho '
  5. Lin Dan '
  6. Chou Tien-chen '
  7. Ng Ka Long '
  8. Wang Tzu-wei

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

  1. Tai Tzu-ying '
  2. Akane Yamaguchi '
  3. P. V. Sindhu '
  4. Carolina Marín '
  5. Ratchanok Intanon
  6. Sung Ji-hyun '
  7. Nozomi Okuhara '
  8. Chen Yufei

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

  1. Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen '
  2. Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen '
  3. Liu Cheng / Zhang Nan '
  4. Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda '
  5. Mads Conrad-Petersen / Mads Pieler Kolding '
  6. Lee Jhe-huei / Lee Yang '
  7. Vladimir Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov '
  8. Chen Hung-ling / Wang Chi-lin '

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

  1. Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan '
  2. Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi '
  3. Kamilla Rytter Juhl / Christinna Pedersen
  4. Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota '
  5. Lee So-hee / Shin Seung-chan '
  6. Chang Ye-na / Jung Kyung-eun '
  7. Tang Jinhua / Yu Xiaohan '
  8. Vivian Hoo Kah Mun / Woon Khe Wei

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

  1. Wang Yilü / Huang Dongping '
  2. Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet
  3. Seo Seung-jae / Kim Ha-na '
  4. Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jing '
  5. Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong '
  6. Mathias Christiansen / Christina Pedersen '
  7. Lee Chun Hei / Chau Hoi Wah '
  8. Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jamie Lai

    Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4